Financial Reporting Consultant Resume Costa Mesa, CA - Hire IT People

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Confidential, Costa Mesa, CA

Financial Reporting Consultant

Responsibilities:

Restructured the consolidated revenue reporting package (seven reports) and restated four years of historical data.
Automated new monthly executive reporting package by establishing links to source data files allowing for timely distribution to management.
Created the product hierarchy in newly purchased revenue reporting tool and validated data against Oracle ERP system.
Analyzed capital and operating leases and ensured transactions captured accurately in Oracle at month - end close.
Reconciled overall change in cash & investment accounts monthly by segregating transactions (source vs. use) and validating to source documents.
Assisted with monthly close by prepared monthly accruals and management reporting.
Downloaded transactional Oracle data and extracted subsets using Excel Pivot Table function to complete the contractual obligations footnote required in the 10-Q filing.

Confidential, Lake Forest, CA

Group Finance Manager

Responsibilities:

Partnered with Sales and Marketing to achieve targeted financial results.
Re-engineered the Pricing System allowing better evaluation of proposed deals.
Provided strong financial leadership to Marketing driving better business decisions.
Developed annual plan and monthly financial forecasts for Profit and Loss Statement
Monitored actual results against forecast/plan and promoted mitigating action plans.

Confidential, Los Angeles, CA

Finance Manager

Responsibilities:

Evaluated new business opportunities objectively by balancing marketing strategies with Confidential short and long-term financial strategies.
Developed annual plan and quarterly financial forecasts for Profit and Loss Statement and Balance Sheet at a Marketing quota level and at a Financial quota level.
Monitored actual results against forecast/plan and promote mitigating action plans.
Maintained global brand focus by ensuring international’s needs considered in all key decisions.

Finance Manager

Confidential

Responsibilities:

Managed the worldwide budgeting and forecasting process totaling $5.5B, including four divisions and multiple business units, both domestic and international, on a quarterly and yearly basis.
Assisted with preparation of SEC schedules for the annual 10(K) and quarterly 10(Q) filings.
Developed and maintained extensive database to compare quarterly financial results against consumer product peer group.
Developed and maintained models for financial reporting in support of executive management’s equity analyst meetings and proposals for prospective investors.
Participated in the Global Finance Transformation project bringing world-class system and processes to the finance organization.
Directly managed a professional staff of four senior financial analysts.

Confidential

Senior Financial Analyst

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Confidential

Senior Internal Auditor

Responsibilities:

Participated in due diligence process undertaken to acquire joint venture in India.
Assisted Australian affiliate by mitigating losses resulting from company acquisition.
Performed worldwide financial and operational audits.
Supervised and train staff auditors on worldwide financial and operational audits.

Confidential, San Diego, CA

Senior Auditor

Responsibilities:

Participated in roll out of the new “paperless audit” approach.
Prepared single entity and consolidated financial statements.
Supervised teams of 2-3 auditors for companies with annual sales of up to $300 million.
Specialized in manufacturing, high technology and hospitality industries.

Confidential

Staff Accountant

Responsibilities:

Planned and supervised the financial statement audits of privately and publicly held companies in a variety of industries.
Evaluated client’s internal control systems and developed recommendations to improve client processes, control structure and efficiency.
Supervised, mentored and developed assurance staff during the performance of audit engagements.
Identified internal control weaknesses and recommended solutions.
Coordinated schedules and audit procedures.
Assisted in the preparation of bilingual reports to various regulatory bodies.